Olla Pots at Prince
Do you know about them? They are porous, unglazed pots with lids. You put them in the raised garden bed or container, fill the rest of the area with soil, and plant around the olla. When you fill the olla with water and replace the lid on top, osmosis does the rest. It's capillary action bringing the water from inside outside ..... or, as the kids at Prince said, it's absorbing...... it's leaking..... it's changing color. Science is fun when you are in the garden with dirty hands. The playground aide has issues with lots of kids within the fence; I make a big show of counting the number of helpers I have. Though they are tortured by the fact that they can't come over the fence, Prince scholars are well trained. They stay outside, peering at their peers who were lucky enough to make the cut. Those inside stand aside so their friends can observe the action. Though they are honored to be within the confines of the garden, there is still some ...